April 13th - Season 1

The Box Office Marathon

While many people doubted that the race between King Mandla and Touch Mkhize would amount to much fan fare considering that it’s a rivalry that seemed to have come out of nowhere, it seems those doubts have been put to rest.

It was one of the fans on F-X social media that started it when he said that “this race will probably be the most business-centered race of the entire series since it’s not about entertaining disputes but rather about which one of them is capable of selling more tickets.” From this, the interest grew like wildfire.

Fans have now been waiting eagerly as to how these two powerful drawers would try to get the edge this past Monday. With Touch and his talk show and Mandla and his political arena, the Formula-X fandom was abuzz with anticipation as to how these two would collide before the race.

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However the race itself hasn’t gone under the radar as the odds have been placed and they are heavily stacked against the claimant. However those in defence of Touch have compared Touch to Eddie Guerrero — who defeated a champion main eventer to become a main eventer himself.

This online debate did not go unnoticed by Moodswing and Glenwood Jacobs who were definitely interested in seeing how much the race would make in the box office with Moodswing declaring on F-X social media, “this isn’t a box office race. It’s a box office marathon.” He also said that the fan base would definitely get to see the King and his claimant clash on the following weeks of Monday Night Fuel.

While this certainly got the pop he wanted, with this past Monday on Fuel, we can say that he definitely delivered.